Arrow finishing

[Sixgun]

I need a little assistance with finishing my Surewood's.

I diluted Kilz 2 50/50 with water. I want an opaque white crown dip.

So far, I have masked off the distance I want for the crown, and wiped on one coat of Kilz.

Still undecided on whether to stain the rest of the shaft or leave natural.

I use Min-Wax wipe on poly for my finish coat. I do not want to apply a cresting where the tape is. How do I finish the shaft, without creating a "ridge" between the cap and the start of the wood?

The only thing I can think of is, 2 coats of poly on the cap (steel wool between coats), then remask on the edge of the poly, 2 coats on the shaft (wool between coats), remove tape, steel wool, 1 or 2 more coats of poly.

Fletching will be 3 - 5" helical shield cut feathers. 2 blue hens and a white cock feather. Nock will be white.

Thanks,

Ray

[lpcjon2]

When you unmask the crown end I'm sure the Kills will have bled down a bit. Staining is a good idea to help seal the wood, you can get a clear stain. without cresting a band you can create a fade with light work and steel wool and just poly over all of the shaft, it shouldnt leave a ridge.

[snag]

Just lightly steel wool the edge of the crown paint and then either paint the crest or seal and then paint. That will knock off that paint lip.

[Bud B.]

I use a light pencil mark to indicate where I want the dip to stop and dip without taping. I then micro-overlap that line after 1st dip is completely dry for a second coat. And then as many coats between dry time in dips.

Then clear coat (full dip) at least two coats.

[Grey Taylor]

Kilz isn't paint, it's primer. Primers are made to be topcoated with paint. You probably won't have any issues with it but I'd have suggested topcoating it with white paint rather than leaving the primer exposed.

Guy

[Mike Vines]

get the Killz thinned down, and use it like you would stain.  Steve O and I did that over here last winter, and the arrows came out fantastic.  We were still able to see the wood grain thru the white colored "stain".  It is thin enough that you will not have a builtup lip where the color starts, just make sure you thin it enough.  When staining, use the smallest piece of material you can to appy the stain.  This way, you can control the amount and also the area being stained.

[Biathlonman]

Not to change directions on you, but the folks here recommended Rustoleum spray paint to me last week and it worked great over and under wipe on poly.

[Sixgun]

Thanks guys.

Mike is onto exactly what I'm looking to do. See the grain through the white stain / primer. I use 12 gauge shotgun cotton cleaning patches to apply the primer, stain, or poly.

I want to have a clean edge where the primer and stain meet, without having to apply a crest.

Ray

[Mike Vines]

I too use shotgun cleaning patches.

[Sixgun]

Here are some photos of what was accomplished:

 




Ray

[lpcjon2]

They came out great!

[DamselflyFarm]

They're fantastic, Ray. That crown looks almost pearl.

[lpcjon2]

They came out great!